Chassagne-Montrachet 2017, Domaine de Montille

£54.95 per bottle

ABV 13%

Our Chassagne-Montrachet vineyard covers 0.67 hectare of surface area between two different lieux-dits named "Champs Derrières" and "Les Houillères". The latter is located within the village of Puligny near Bâtard-Montrachet, on a chalky soil that gives minerality along with an unusual finesse that is more in line with wines from Puligny than the more opulent and honeyed ones of Chassagne.

Our wines are known for their great aromatic purity. We always favor balance and elegance over power and extraction. The wines are classic expressions of Burgundy, of their appellations in general and of their specific terroirs in particular. The farming methods we use contribute to this individual style, and our winemaking methods aim to avoid excessive outside influences in order to bring out the equilibrium that can be found naturally in Burgundian terroir.

All our fruit is hand-harvested. Thanks to pneumatic presses, we can calibrate our presses to fit the quality of the grapes and the profile of the vintage. After a light settling, the musts are placed mostly in 600-liter barrels as well as in 228-liter barrels, where the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations take place.

We use approximately five to twenty percent new casks primarily made from Allier wood that sees a long yet light toasting. The first racking occurs after about one year of wood aging, after which begins the second, four- to six-month phase in stainless steel, which preserves the wine's freshness and tension. We finish the aging with a light fining followed by a similarly light and respectful filtration before bottling.